Re:How China Built BYD, Its Tesla Killer
by manmal on Sunday February 18, 2024 @03:39PM
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Isn’t the supercharger network now open to everyone? Or is that an EU only thing?
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Re:How China Built BYD, Its Tesla Killer
by TulliusCicero on Sunday February 18, 2024 @04:16PM
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I checked and no. It seems to only be some a relative few stations.
Re:How China Built BYD, Its Tesla Killer
by opinion-is-bad on Sunday February 18, 2024 @05:14PM
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Most OEMs have signed deals with Tesla to use their network in the US, but I don’t believe these have yet to go into effect.
Tesla built the US superchargers first, so they used a proprietary plug that only just got standardized as NACS / SAE J3400, whereas non-Tesla US EVs were selling with standard CCS (or J1772) ports.
Different from the EU Superchargers, which I believe do offer standard CCS?
Re:How China Built BYD, Its Tesla Killer
by resolutebat on Sunday February 18, 2024 @06:11PM
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There are two parts to this:
1) Tesla needs to open up superchargers to other cars. They're doing this at scale now, but generally only the less popular ones, or if they're required to do so by government grants. So many key sites are still off limits to others.
2) In the US only, other car manufacturers need to adopt Tesla's NACS charging standard, so they can physically connect to superchargers. (In the rest of world, everybody including Tesla is already standardized on CCS2.)